1) After winning the first 2 games in the Clippers series, the Jazz then get swept in the next 4 straight games in which none are even close.

2) The following year, the Jazz slip to 5th in the West and lose 2-4 in the first round to Dallas.

3) The Jazz had very few options of getting any better with no cap space and no tradeable draft picks.

4) Three of the Jazz's top player were Conley (34 yo), Bogey (32 yo), and Ingles (34 yo) all declining in play.

5) The Jazz's two stars, Donovan and Rudy, didn't even like each other.